FOREWORD
This little book was written at the request of the Ministry of Information in March of 1918; it was only released for publication—in spite of the need for haste in its compiling which had been impressed on me, and with which I had complied—shortly before Christmas. Hence it may seem somewhat after the fair. But it appears to me that people should still be told about the workers of the war and what they did, even now when we are all struggling back into our chiffons—perhaps more now than ever. For we should not forget, and how should we remember if we have never known?
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| I | A.B.C. | [13] |
| II | The Fever Chart of War | [17] |
| III | Backgrounds | [26] |
| IV | My First Convoy | [34] |
| V | Outposts | [41] |
| VI | WAACS: Rumours and Realities | [48] |
| VII | The Brown Graves | [58] |
| VIII | Vignettes | [65] |
| IX | Evening | [74] |
| X | Night | [84] |
| XI | "And the Bright Eyes of Danger" | [93] |
| XII | Rest | [102] |
| XIII | General Servants and a General Question | [111] |
| XIV | Notes and Queries | [123] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| | A "Fany" with the Aerial Torpedo Dropped into the Camp | [Frontispiece] |
| | H. M. The Queen Inspecting a Vad Domestic | [49] |
| | A Vad Motor Convoy | [49] |
| | Waac Gardeners at Work in the Cemetery | [49] |
| | Wreaths from Mothers of the Fallen | [49] |
| | Waacs in the Bakery | [80] |
| | Waac Cooks Preparing Vegetables | [80] |
| | Waac Encampment Protected by Sandbags | [80] |